Brothels
31st December 1839: 591
31st December 1840: 568
Decrease: 23
Number of those existing in 1839 which were still open on 31st December 1840: 435
Number opened in 1840: 133
Number closed in 1840: 156
Proprietors having given up keeping these houses: 88
Proprietors having been reformed: 35
Proprietors in prison: 20
Proprietors having been transported: 4
Proprietors having died: 9
Number of prostitutes 31st December 1839: 2057
Number of prostitutes 31st December 1840: 2083
Increase: 26
Average number in each house: 3½
Houses, not Brothels, in which Prostitutes lodge
31st December 1839: 184
31st December 1840: 199
Decrease: 15
Number of those existing in 1839 which were still open on 31st December 1840: 156
Number opened in 1840: 43
Number closed in 1840: 28
Proprietors having given up keeping these houses: 19
Proprietors having been reformed: 8
Proprietors having died: 1
Number of prostitutes 31st December 1839: 347
Number of prostitutes 31st December 1840: 406
Increase: 59
Average number in each house: 2
Source
Adapted from Table No 181 “Statement of the number of brothels, prostitutes, prostitutes’ lodging houses, mendicant’s [sic] lodging houses, and houses for the reception of stolen property, within the jurisdiction of the Liverpool Police, during the year 1840” in Tables of the Revenue, Population, Commerce, &c of the United Kingdom and its Dependencies Part X 1840 compiled from official returns HMSO London 1842
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